| A late 18th Century Swiss verge in an unusual gold and enamel case in the form of a basket of flowers. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator.
Pentagonal baluster pillars. Winding through the signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Unusual gold enamel case in the form of a basket of flowers. The lower half of the case containing the movement decorated with dark blue champleve enamel imitating a basket weave lattice. The sprung top opened by a button in the band is decorated with polychrome enamel flowers on a dark blue ground. Hinged
twisted gold wire handle.
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